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Unit 1, Phenomenon of aging :Elderly Americans /Christine L. Himes -- TheEconomic conundrum of an aging population /Robert Ayres --Living longer /Donna Jackson Nakazawa, Susan Crandall --Puzzle of the century /Mary Duenwald -- TheDemographic drivers of aging /Kevin Kinsella, David R. Phillips --Will you live to be 100? /Thomas Perls, Margery Hutter Silver -- The2005 White House Conference on Aging /Maureen Shawn Kennedy ;Unit 2, Quality of later life :Women's sexuality as they age : the more things change, the more they stay the same /Patricia Bathalow Koch, Phyllis Kernoff Mansfield --As good as it gets /Mike Edwards --Cohabitation among older adults : a national portrait /Susan L. Brown, Gary R. Lee, Jennifer Roeuck Bulanda --We can control how we age /Lou Ann Walker ;Unit 3, Societal attitudes toward old age :Society fears the aging process /Mary Pipher --Ageism in America /David Crary -- TheSecret lives of single women /Sarah Mahoney -- TheUnder-reported impact of age discrimination and its threat to business vitality /Robert J. Grossman ;Unit 4, Problems and potentials of aging :Primary care for elderly people, why do doctors find it so hard? /Wendy L. Adams et al. --Breakthrough /David Newman --Marital history and the burden of cardiovascular disease in midlife /Zhenmei Zhang -- TheDisappearing mind /Geoffrey Cowley -- TheExtent and frequency of abuse in the lives of older women and their relationship with health outcomes /Bonnie S. Fisher, Saundra L. Regan ;Unit 5, Retirement, American dream or dilemma? :How to survive the first year /Kelly Greene -- TheBig squeeze /Paul J. Lim --Old, smart, productive /Peter Coy -- Thebroken promise /Donald L. Barlett, James B. Steele --Work/retirement choices and lifestyle patterns of older Americans /Harold Cox...et al. ;Unit 6, Experience of dying :More hospice patients forgoing sustenance /Janet McConnaughey -- The Grieving process /Michael R. Leming, George E. Dickinson --Start the conversation /AARP Modern Maturity --Mind frames towards dying and factors motivating their adoption by terminally ill elders /Tracy A. Schroepfer ;Unit 7, Living environment in later life :(Not) the same old story /Chuck Salter -- AHome for the rest of your life /Jane Bennett Clark --Nursing homes : business as usual /Consumer Reports --Declaration of independents /Barbara Basler ;Unit 8, Social policies, programs and services for older Americans :Have seniors been dealt a bad hand? : Medicare's drug discount cards /Agewise: Alliance for Retired Americans --Social Security's 70th anniversary : surviving 20 years of reform /L. Randall WrayUniversalism without the targeting, privatizing the old-age welfare state /Pamela HerdCoverage for all /Patricia BarryRiding into the sunset /William Greider.